Gary Starta
Safety Harbor, Florida **********@*******.*** 813-***-****
Experienced, dependable and focused professional excelling in planning, organizing and managing the daily support of highly effective and efficient business office operations, including prioritizing and completing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and providing stellar customer service. Thrive within a detail-oriented, deadline-driven and constantly changing environment. B.A., Journalist Studies/English, University of Massachusetts.
Administrative
Type 65 WPM
Communication skills: verbal written, phone
Multi-line phones, faxes, scanners, and printers; management of online meeting software
Document and data retrieval
Manage mail and inbound and outbound calls
Schedule meetings/appointments/travel
Track and order supplies and inventory
Technology
Expert User - Microsoft Office Suite
Use of all common operating systems
Online research/social media writer
Business Writer
Quickbooks
CRM software
Online scheduling programs
Organization/Planning/ Problem Solving
Manage and streamline administrative processes
Plan and manage daily time and tasks
Attention to detail
Maintain detailed records
Coordinate meetings and manage calendars/appointments
Problem solving using critical skills thinking
Decision maker
Soft Skills
Self-starter
Communications: written, verbal and phone
Build and maintain strong and trusting business relationships
Detail-oriented, analytical, resourceful, responsible and dependable
Excellent Customer Service provider
Listens carefully to questions and concerns
Work well independently and on a team
Core Strengths
Professional Experience
Keystaff 2017 – Present
St. Petersburg, Florida
Customer Service Representative/Scheduler for client Your Home Advantage (Humana)
Completed an average 600 outbound calls daily and consistently exceeded corporate daily metrics for booking client home health assessments.
Consistent receipt of award certificates for top of call center production
Use of CRM software to verify customer account data.
Gary Starta
Safety Harbor, Florida **********@*******.*** 813-***-****
Awdata, 2016 - 2017
Tampa, Florida
Skillfully managed wide-range of office and sales support tasks, including:
Researched, managed, tracked deliveries and successfully closed customer purchase orders
Leveraged strong multitasking skills to manage customer service.
Used ConnectWise, a CRM database to verify that actual purchase orders match documented sales orders.
Liaised with cross-functional teams in support of customer needs.
Quickbooks was used to develop and manage the time sensitive customer purchase order and on-site inventory process from data entry to order fulfilment to customer billing and invoice.
Liaised with sales teams and other internal clients to ensure that products and services met government contract specifications and client needs on time and were delivered in perfect condition.
Monitored payments from customers/collections.
Tracked orders from vender to end user.
Calendars/meetings/appointments/travel arrangements.
Microsoft Office and CRM software applications.
Business Writing - designed, developed, wrote and posted corporate and technical news on corporate and all other key social media web sites.
24-7Intouch 2014 – 2016
Clearwater, Florida
Administrative Coordinator - Customer Service
Determined, routed and explained customer service issues and problem to tram leaders for resolution.
Resolved customer inquiries regarding reservations, pricing, cancellations, disputes and refunds.
Used advanced customer service skills via phone, email or chat to resolve issues for a major account (Airbnb) between host and guest by upholding policy and issuing credits.
Built and maintained customer rapport, trust and loyalty.
At own discretion, awarded coupons and other discount materials to customers.
Excellent and consistent customer satisfaction ratings and reviews.
Penguin Group, Book Publisher, 1999 - 2012
Claims Researcher
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Coordinated with internal customers to ensure timely delivery of books to buyers.
Resolved discount, pricing, shortage, and return discrepancies for major distributors i.e., Barnes & Noble, Baker & Taylor, and Ingram through researching company policy and warehouse data.
Researched and validated client claims for promotional discounts.
Wrote all customer correspondence regarding denials of promotional claims and credits for extra product returned.
Reviewed product damage claims and determined carrier/warehouse responsibility to reimburse clients for damaged goods.
Education
B.A. Journalistic Studies/English University of Massachusetts, Amherst